Re: [Outreachy] Internship Applicant (Contribution Phase)

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Oct 17, 2024, 08:53 UTC
Message-ID: <ZxDQX47MuMED_bB6@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <CAGedMtcf3TcaZUu3+=Kz-qXAikSjxpi-ULdwyU=Az7pmxyju4g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 08:27:13AM +0100, Seyi Chamber wrote:

> Hello everyone,

one note up front: we do not top-post on this mailing list. Instead, responses to a mail should be either inline, quoting the parts that you directly respond to, or below the quoted mail.

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> My name is Seyi Kuforiji, and I am an Outreachy applicant. I have read the
> following documents;
>  - https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/,
>   - https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/
>   - https://git.github.io/SoC-2024-Microprojects/

Nice to meet you, and thanks for your interest in the Git community!

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> I want to get started on modernizing the test script:
> t/t7011-skip-worktree-reading.sh using the specifications discussed on this
> thread:
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cQpUu2UO-+jWn1nTaDykWnxwuEitzVB7PnW2SS_b7V8Hg@mail.gmail.com/
> .
> 
> Before I proceed, is anyone currently working on this test script? Is this
> a good first start, @Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> and
> @phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>?

I'm not aware of anybody that'd currently be working on t7011, and searching our mailing list archive [1] didn't surface any recent mails that indicate that this is the case. So please, feel free to pick it up :)

Patrick

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/?q=t7011

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> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 09:50, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 09:46:04AM +0100, Seyi Chamber wrote:
> > > My Apologies Patrick. There's a second mentor on the Git project
> > > contribution page, I mixed it up :(
> >
> > No worries! I basically assumed that this is what happened, even though
> > I was confused by you mentioning MolEvolvR and not Git ;) For the future
> > it would probably be preferable to send the emails to the both of us via
> > Cc such that we don't answer to you twice. I've done that now.
> >
> > > Yes, I want to contribute to the Git project and would love your input on
> > > how to get started.
> >
> > The first step is to do a microproject in Git to demonstrate your
> > ability to adapt to the workflow of the Git project. You can refer to
> > the following links to learn about how these are supposed to work:
> >
> >   - https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/,
> >   - https://git.github.io/General-Application-Information/
> >   - https://git.github.io/SoC-2024-Microprojects/
> >
> > Let us know in case you have further questions! If so, I'd recommend to
> > also put the Git mailing list into Cc with an "[Outreachy]" tag in your
> > mail's subject so that other people can chime in, as well.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Seyi Kuforiji.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 09:40, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 08:52:24AM +0100, Seyi Chamber wrote:
> > > > > Hi Philip,
> > > > >
> > > > > My name is Seyi Kuforiji. I would love to contribute to MolEvolvR. I
> > am
> > > > > skilled in programming languages like C, Python, and other
> > programming
> > > > > tools.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to join the public channel for ease of communication and would
> > > > love
> > > > > a pointer on how to get started.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > > >
> > > > I guess there must be some confusion here. I'm neither Philip, nor do I
> > > > know what MolEvolvR is. I _am_ an Outreachy mentor in the Git project
> > > > though, so if that was your goal you've got the right address. :)
> > > >
> > > > Patrick
> > > >
> >